Sunday, May 14, 2006

ccs student show

It's that time of the year again when art students are introduced into the unforgiving and sometimes cruel real world of art. This year grads were easy to spot in the sea of foundation and underclass works. CCS is a school of constant change and boy has even a lot changed in the last few years since I graduated. Installation work and video was almost unheard of but now is flourishing! It seems that grads are more educated on what to do beyond art school and many are going off straight to their masters. I applaud the fine arts program for stepping up and preparing students for life after school! Overall, a good show - as always there are some gems and then some works that are by artists just starting out.

brittney harris

chris lujan

wendy ross

stephen gatny

vincent troiadeborah esperlindsay yeattsmikey steen

mary fisher - gosh this piece is so disgusting but at the same time I am in love with it!!

john azonijoseph scott

craig nowak

haewon yoo

mike smith - fine arts senior selection recipient

april segedi

sarah leachdylan spaysky and erin hookana don't miss out the other majors works as well...illustration, graphic design, crafts.....there is definetely something for everyone!

14 Comments:

It was a good show this year. A lot of talent in the fine arts department this year. We've definitley got some rising successful artists on our hands. Kevin Beasly is one to watch out for. Also Vanessa Merrill, and Craig Paul Nowak. Dan Marchwinski does some great stuff also.

The collectors were really buying this year! A lot of artists made a LOT of money.

"To me it was very textural, you know what I mean? It was perfectly integrated, and it had a... a marvelous kind of negative capability. The rest of the stuff was bullshit."

The quote from Woody Allen's "Manhattan," has, for about a year now, been my favorite series of consecutive words and inflections relating to art criticism. I am pleased in this instance, to apply this stream of opinion to Joe's body - as presented in his Thesis exhibition. Very textural...Perfectly integrated, possessing a sort of marvelous negative capability.Those of you who would agree with me after having been fortunate enough to see his installation would agree ...Five is right out!

In response to Anonymous' query about Mike Smith: Smith’s work in Center Galleries is akin to postmodern poetry or minimalist music and can be approached in similar ways. Lately his work has been distinctly autobiographical, and the (sometimes) recurring iconography of objects, forms and positioning in his work speaks to his personal experience, associations and references. Sit with it and you’ll see connections between the objects, subtle moments of rapport and reverence, or perhaps you’ll even connect with the artist’s own moment of epiphany…or not. It just requires some time and dedication to get the payoff. Mike’s heading to Yale in the fall…the perfect place for him to flex his artistic muscle.